BREAKING: ATF Director Reportedly Resigns                               

While there is not yet confirmation of this from official sources or the White House, Jared Yanis at Guns & Gadgets on YouTube shared a letter late yesterday allegedly from ATF Director Steve Dettlebach to President Joe Biden announcing his resignation effective January 18, 2025. “Pursuant to the Memorandum for Presidential Appointees on Guidance on Letters of … Read more

Second Amendment Advocates Urge Trump To Pick Pro-Gun ATF Director

Second Amendment advocates, and any liberty-loving American who remembers a better time before the Biden Administration, have been rejoicing since the call of the 2024 election in favor of President Donald Trump. As he is known to do, the President-Elect is wasting no time getting the ball rolling, making cabinet appointments and promising to undo … Read more

Biden Owes the American People and the ATF a Qualified Director Nominee

By Joe Bartozzi The dust has settled on President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw David Chipman’s nomination for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). That’s got many, especially within the firearm industry, wondering what comes next. The president has the responsibility to nominate a qualified individual to the position. The … Read more

Gail Collins Isn’t Happy At All About the Biden Administration’s Progress So Far On Gun Control

Let’s take a look at how well Joe Biden is doing with his gun safety agenda. We call this gun safety, people, because “gun control” makes a lot of politicians nervous. And really, what the heck? I’m going to go out on a limb and say that eliminating the sale of semiautomatic rifles would make … Read more

FPC Statement in Advance of Biden’s Gun Control Gun Control Executive Actions

From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . According to recent reports, the Biden Administration is planning to impose an entire package of executive-backed gun control as soon as tomorrow. President Biden, in what could very well be a high watermark for oppressive executive action-based gun control efforts, is said to be planning severe restrictions that are likely … Read more

Biden to Nominate Giffords Gun Control Group Policy Advisor as ATF Director

Here’s the Associated Press’s report on Biden’s expected gun control executive orders. Where the earlier Politico report speculated that Biden might name a new ATF director tomorrow, the administration has leaked to the AP that in fact Biden will appease the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex by nominating David Chipman to head the gun regulator. Who … Read more

Biden Set to Announce Gun Control Executive Orders Tomorrow

Well, you knew it was coming. The BidenHarris White House has let their stenographers in the press know that they’ll announce executive actions on gun control tomorrow. Executive action is coming. Based on reports, it is expected that President Biden will focus on so-called “ghost guns,” but that might not be all. #guncontrol #executiveorder https://t.co/yOHdmUtuah … Read more

Trump Gives Up On ATF Nominee, Pulls Canterbury Nomination From Consideration

Yesterday the Trump administration pulled the nomination of Chuck Canterbury from consideration as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Canterbury was the former head of the Fraternal Order of Police. His nomination raised some alarms among gun rights supporters and it became obvious that he was never going to get the votes … Read more

ATF to Pay Employee $450,000 Over Harassment by a Supervisor with a Nazi Tattoo

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is, of course, the primary federal alphabet agency tasked with regulating firearms in this country. It has not been without its controversies over the years. Who could forget the ATF’s involvement in the infamous Fast and Furious gun-walking operation, shipping firearms to Mexican drug cartels? On the tobacco … Read more